Portable shower bath



Sept. 25, 1923. 1,468,863

G. F. HUTTON PORTABLE SHOWER BATH Filed Aug. 15 1922 IN VEN TOR. G-RHLLaOn ATTORNEY Patented gent. 25, 1923.

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Application filed August 15,1922. Serial no. 581,989;-

To all whom it may concern; 1

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. HUITQN, a

subject of Great Britain, residing at Stock-- ton, county of- San;Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and. use

ful Improvements Baths;and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe'accompany- 'ing drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this application. 7 r Y This inventionrelates to improvements in shower-baths, the principalobject of theinvention being to providea portable device especially arranged to beplaced alongside an ordinary bath tub so that: the shower -,ove rhan zsthe tub, and provided withmeans forienablingz: it to be firmly, yetdetachably 29 clamped to the rim of the tub. V :By reason of theportability of the device, it is not only suitablefor use in ordinaryresidence bathrooms :not equipped witha fixed shower. but also for-hotels and thelike. since it enables a comparatively few of the devicesbeing kept on hand. and sent up'tempora- 'rilyto the bath rooms of anypatron desiring to take showerbaths without the necessity of equippingall the baths with fixed showers. some of which might never be used.

- I have also provided. the device'with adiustinent features to" adaptasingle. model for clampina' to bathtubs of different heights from thefloor. and to alsopallow the user to adiustthehei ht of theshowernozzle' to suit his fancy. The device is alsoself-supportingwithout the bath tub, sothat itrnay be set. up on anyfloor or elsewhere as an independent member, wherever a supply of wateris available. 7 1

A further object of the inventionis to pro duce a SlIIlDlGSLIldinexpensive device and yetone which will be exceedingly e'ifective 1 inPortable; Shower of the base. K

I Fig.3 is a-fragmentarysection of the water-connectionconstruction.'-.Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference. on thedrawings,-the

numeral ldenotes a base of suitable,- size and preferably somewhatheavy,-- fixed von andprojecting upwardlyffromiwhich.is a1 hollowstandard 2 in which is slidably and.

rotatably mounteda postB, held in any desired position by a set-screw ton the stand-f ard.

Fixed on top ofthe ost 3, which istubular'for the sake of lightness butpluggedat its upper end, as shown at 5'in' Fig. 3, is a Y-bend orlatera-l pipe fitting-6, to the all-- gled member. of which a: hose 7 isconnected,

this hose being adapted to'be detachably connected at its oth rend'tothe faucet of a bath tub or other suitablewater supply pipe;Extending up from the member 161a certain distance is a'pipe structure8, terminat ing in a horizontalportion 9 depending from and connected tothe. outer end of which is a spray nozzle 10'of any desired type.

is a hoop 11 from whicha waterproof curtem 12 of. the .kind' commonlyused for this purpose depends to a point somewhat-short center line ofthe tub; w

Owing to the sizeand weight .of the base 1, the device is selfsupporting, but in 'or-- der to enable it to be rigidlyyet deta'chablyconnected tothe' tub, I have provided a novelyet simpleform of'clampingzmeans.

: This comprises a sleeve 13 slidably mounted on the .standard2 andadapted to be held at any. desired level.- by a setscrew 14.

Projecting from'the opposite sides'of the sleeve are-horizontal pins 15on;'=which'are pivoted lever members 16 which converge at one end beyondthesleeve to form a handle 17. The opposite ends of the members 16;

beyond the sleeve, are bent upwardly and to- 9 fi'om'the pipe "8 andpost8', of which said 7 ward the handle'in the formof U shaped v hooksvas shown at 18,0n the outer ends of clamp-arms 19 provided adjacenttheir lower ends with arch shaped portions 20 adapted to fit under theroll or rim 21 commonly provided around ordinary bath tubs 22.

To operate this clamping device, the sleeve 13 is adjusted for height sothat when the handle 17 is in its uppermost position, which position isfixed by reason of stop means 23 between the lever members and sleeve,the members-20 will just pass under the roll 21, the standard 2 beingfirst placed adjacent the latter.

The handle 17 is then depressed, which of course raises the portions 18,causing the arches or hooks 20 to seize the rim 21.

The pivotal connections of the members point, as seen in Fig. 1 thuspreventing unvice as substantially fulfills the objects of the inventionas set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention, as defined by the appended claims.-

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A portable shower bath structure comprising a base, a standardthereon, a post slidably mounted in the standard, and having a spraynozzle at its upper end, hand operated lever means pivoted with respectto the standard, and members shaped to conform to the underside of therim of a bath tub depending from one end ofthe lever means.

2. A portable shower bath structure comprising a base, a standardthereon, a post each other that the clamping member pivots may be movedbeyond the vertical plane of the lever pivots in the direction away fromthe tub when the clamps are engaged.

3. A portable shower bath structure comprising a base, a standardmounted thereon,

a spray nozzle supported bythe standard, a hand lever pivotally mountedintermediate its ends with respect to the standard, and clamping meansshaped to conform to the underside of the rim of a bathtub pivoted toand depending from one end of the lever.

4. A portable shower bath structure comprising a base, a standardmounted thereon,

tic-a1 plane, and clamping means shaped to conform to the underside ofthe rim of a bathtub depending from one end of the lever; said clampingmeans being adapted to" be raised into engagement with the rim with thedownward movement of the opposite end of the lever. V r

5. A portable shower bath structure comprising'a base to rest on thefloor, a standard mounted on the base and supporting a spray nozzle,clamping means for engaging the rim'of a bathtub mounted on thestandard, and means for causing the clamping means to frictionallyengage said rim and the base to be pressed against the floor.

6. A portable shower bath structure comprising a base to rest on thefloor, a standard mounted on the base and supporting a spray nozzle.clamping means shaped to engage the underside of the rim of a bathtubmounted on the standard, and means for forcing said clamping meansupwardly into engagement' with said rim whereby at the same time thepressure of the base against the floor will

